Unable to view the snapshots in the Azure portal for restore

Question

Azure NetApp files snapshot are not available to restore in portal. I have enabled the snapshot policy and volume.

Kindly suggest me the path where I can find the snapshots in the portal after snapshot is created.

Thanks!

Answer 1

@AmanpreetSingh-MSFT The mounted volume contains a snapshot directory named ~snapshot (in SMB clients) that is accessible to the client. When a snapshot is taken by you manually or by snapshot policy, the snapshot will be stored under the directory ~snapshot.

The ~snapshot was supposed to be visible as long as you don’t enable “Hide Snapshot Path”. But as a part of CA shares feature, snapshot path (~snapshot) will be hidden, which is by design and caused that there is no previous versions visible under the file/folder’s Properties.

The snapshot path (~snapshot) is hidden but it is still browsable. You can access it by typing \CAENETAPP-8b7f.st.com\WVDPROFILES\~snapshot, this is where the snapshots were stored.
The solution to restore a file/folder:

• Navigate to\CAENETAPP-8b7f.st.com\WVDPROFILES\~snapshot
• Select the snapshot (previous version) you would like to restore the file/folder to.
• Copy the file/folder you would like to restore.
• Paste it in the target directory.

Additional reference document: Restore a file by using a Windows client

Please let us know if you have any further queries. I’m happy to assist you further.

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